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Board of Trustees and Staff

R. Lee Laechelt, RF
Chairman of Trust
Trustee since 1992
Executive Vice President,
Alabama Forest Owner’s Association
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Melisa V. Love, RF
Vice Chair of Trust
Trustee since 1995
President, Forestry Consultants, Inc.

Larkin Wade, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 1992
Professor Emeritus,
School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Mark D. Smith, Ph.D.
Secretary and Treasurer
Associate Professor
School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University

Timothy Albritton, RF
Adviser of Trust
Adviser of Trust since 2003
State Staff Forester
USDA-NRCS

S. Wayne Ford, RF
Trustee
Trustee since 2010
Retired Tuscaloosa Co. Extension System Coordinator

Mitch Coffee, RF
Trustee
​Resource Management Service, LLC

Frank M. Stewart, III, RF
BMT Contract Administrator
Principal, Washington Resource
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